Wire-fence-weaving machine



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(No Model.)

J. M. SNYDER.

v WIRE FENCE WEA-VING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. 14, 1890.

(No Model.)

J. M. SNYDER;

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WIRE. FENCE WEAVING MACHINE.

Patented Jan. '14, 1890.v

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J. M. SNYDER. WIRE FENCE WEAVING'MAGHI NE.

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Patented Jan. 14, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFrIcE.

JAMES M. SNYDER, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

W lRE-FENCE-WEAVING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 419,480, dated January 14, 1890. Application filed December 10, 1888. Serial No. 293,208. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wire-Fence-lVeav-ing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire-fence-weaving machines in which the straight tension- Wires are woven together'with an interlacing diagonal mesh-work of wire.

The object of my invention is the rapid and strong weaving of wire fences, in which all the wires in their composition are woven together into a firm body of net-work. I attain this object by means of the machine shown in the accompanying drawings, which are to be considered a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a detail of the shifting-shaft. Figs. 4 and 5 are transversesections. Fig. 4% is a detail, partly in elevation and partly in cross-section, of the clamp-operating device; and Fig. 6 is a detail of the shifting-shaft and spool.

The machine is constructed of a strong framework of wood, as indicated in the different drawings. The tension or anchor wires of which the fence is made are put on the reels, as shown at A A A. The wires to a a are then passed from the reels through the twisting-shafts c c cand to the roller B, on

which the fence is rolled as woven. The shafts c c c are made of gas-pipes, (hollow,) so that the wires cl. a a may pass through and the shafts be revolved about without twisting them. Between each two of these shafts is placed a stationary sliding shaft, on which is bolted a spool or small reel of wire, as indicated at d d on the drawings, and as shown in Fig. 6. From these spools d d cl is supplied and woven the diagonal interlacing mesh-Work between the tension-wires a a a. They are shifted to and from each of the twisting-shafts c c c alternately by means of the shifting-frames F F F. Two of these frames are used to shift d d d d back and forth, while the third nearest the front end of the machine is used to hold the interlacing wires close to the tension-wires a a a while being twisted around them.

The construction and operation of the frames F F F are shown in the cross-sections, Figs. 4 and 5. In Fig. 1 the frames are down and the spools (Z (Z d are in the position therein shown, while Fig. 5 represents the frames F F F raised up, which, by means of the slides e e e, shifts d cl to the other twisting-shafts for the purpose of weaving the wires about them. The frames F F F are raised and lowered by means of the levers L L and the handle l, the weight of the frames being balanced by a counter-weight, cord, and pulleys when desired.

The machine is operated by the crankwheel 0, which, by means of the shaft 8, turns the side gears G, one of which is on one of the shafts c. The shafts c c c are all geared together by means of cog-gearing g g g of equal size, making all turn evenly and regularly, one revolution of O causing one revolution of c c c. The mesh-work is moved forward at each operation by means of the roller .B, which is turned the desired distance by means of the ratchet-Wheel w and lever b.

The machine is held from being operated by means of a clamp-bar H, which, by means of a slide incline h and handle 71. is pressed up against the slide-guide of the twistingshafts c c 0. (Shown more plainly in Fig. 3 at k.) The clamp is also used to hold the guides in line, so that the shafts cl maybe easily shifted back and forth. After turning the roll B forward the desired distance the shafts d cl d, with spools d d d, are shifted from the shafts c c a just woven upon to those to be woven on, the clamp H is lowered, and the wheel 0 turned any desired number of rounds, the clamp H again tightened and the roller B turned forward, and the shafts cl cl d, with spools d d d, shifted back again to the former shafts c c c. The operation is thus continued until any desired length of fence is woven.

The spools (Z (Z d and the reels A A A can readily be removed and refilled when exhausted and the new wire connected with that in the woven work, making all strong :00

machine are made forked to allow the wires to come near the twisting-shafts and to twist them around the wires to CL a. This is shown at m m, Fi 3. The slide-guides are rigidly secured to the hollow shafts c.

A special merit of this machine may be mentioned, viz: By increasing the width and number of twisting-shafts a fence can be woven of any height composed of from two to any number of tension-wires 0, CL a; also, as a matter of economy a number of the wires a a a may be left out of the upper part of the fence where they are not needed to guard against the approach of smaller animals.

I am aware that machines for weaving wirefences and mesh-work have been used and patented previous to my invention. I therefore do not claim my invention, broadly; but \Vhat I do claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a wire-fence-weaving machine, of the hollow twisting-shafts c c c, with gearing g g g, the shifting-shafts (Z' and spools (Z, and frames F F F, operated by the levers L L and l, the clamp H, the roller B, the reels A A A, and crank-wheel 0, all

JAMES M. SNYDER.

\Vitnesses:

S. A. BULLABD, HUGH GEARTY. 

